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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒi.u]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, [a] was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and is a Catholic saint.
Mother Theresa had already formed the Missionaries of Charity Brothers in 1963. [4] However, she had long expressed a desire for priests to be affiliated with her congregation. In 1972 in Rome, after Joseph Langford read Malcolm Muggeridge's book Something Beautiful for God , he felt called to unite with Mother Teresa.
In 1955 she met Mother Teresa in Calcutta. She was Mother Teresa's official biographer and helped introduce the latter's work in the West. [4] Egan combined CRS's practical work of providing economic assistance, food, housing, and transportation to war victims with speaking, writing and demonstrating against the causes of war.
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Sor Isolina Ferré Aguayo (5 September 1914 – 3 August 2000) was a Puerto Rican Roman Catholic religious sister.Known as the "Mother Teresa of Puerto Rico", she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her humanitarian work.
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Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582), or Teresa of Jesus, Spaniard, founder of the Discalced Carmelites, and Doctor of the Church; Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770), an Italian Discalced Carmelite; Theresa of Saint Augustine (1752–1794), Discalced Carmelite and martyr; Thérèse Couderc (1805–1885), co-founder of the Sisters of ...